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A surge of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in France among patients born in the Former Soviet Union.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 15 Aug 2013
Bernard C, Brossier F, Sougakoff W, Veziris N, Frechet-Jachym M, Metivier N, Renvoisé A, Robert J, Jarlier V
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A marked increase in the number of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases entirely related to patients born in the Former Soviet Union was observed in France in the last two years. Very few cases were clustered, suggesting it is a consequence of recent immigration of patients already i...
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